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john boehner's plan "b" has imploded. house republicans didn't even get to vote on it because there wasn't enough support. the whole thing was called off. the house went on recess for the holidays. here is what the speaker said "the house did not take up the tax measure today because it did not have sufficient support from our members to pass. now it is up to the president to work with senator reid on legislation to avert the fiscal cliff." let's get to debbie wasserman schultz. great to have you with us. >> thank you, soledad. great to be here. >> let's start with reaction to what happened last night? >> well, you know, it's frustrating, behalfing, we've been at the negotiating table for weeks. president obama has moved in a mountainous direction toward the republican position, saying, no, we're not going to go with $250,000 in terms of raising the tax rates, we'll go with $400,000, $1.2 trillion in spending cuts and last night, even on the spending cuts plan of speaker boehner's plan "b," he was only able to pass it wit
john boehner's plan "b" has imploded. house republicans didn't even get to vote on it because there wasn't enough support. the whole thing was called off. the house went on recess for the holidays. here is what the speaker said "the house did not take up the tax measure today because it did not have sufficient support from our members to pass. now it is up to the president to work with senator reid on legislation to avert the fiscal cliff." let's get to debbie wasserman...
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boehner has lost control of his own party? >> well, he certainly did, miquel, temporarily last week. almost everybody expected that plan b, as you described it, to past. and it had to be pulled at the last minute. that was an embarrassment for the speaker. he couldn't line up the votes in his own caucus that mean there is a lot of divisions even among the republicans about the best way to plead and i think, miguel, this means john boehner has to come up with plan c now. because as you just mentioned, we got about a week left and i still believe there's a chance, i would not put the odds too low, that maybe on december 30 or december 31, they get a deal done this is the way washington works, folks, like a teenager doing his homework, right? they always do it very very last minute. haven't given up hope is there a deal struck before the end of the year. >> 11 p.m. on new year's eve, they are gonna come up with something? >> could be. it could be. i want to make this point, too, if i may. look, i don't think it's a disaster if it
boehner has lost control of his own party? >> well, he certainly did, miquel, temporarily last week. almost everybody expected that plan b, as you described it, to past. and it had to be pulled at the last minute. that was an embarrassment for the speaker. he couldn't line up the votes in his own caucus that mean there is a lot of divisions even among the republicans about the best way to plead and i think, miguel, this means john boehner has to come up with plan c now. because as you...
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is demanding even more than boehner is on taxes. so we ask again, what now? steven moore, steven moore writes for "the wall journal," also on the editorial board. welcome to you. >> hi, brooke. >> the way speaker boehner seemed to put it, if we heard it correctly, it is up to the democrats. the president, the senate democrats, to craft this tax and spending plan, i should say, that can please the house republicans or we're off the cliff. >> well, you know, the amazing thing about this whole debate going on now five or six weeks since the election was held in early november, the most amazing thing, here we are on what, december 21st and no close torrer to resolution. you raised an important point, brooke, that the house and senate are basically adjourned. they're gone until after christmas. and that leaves us, what, four or five days to settle this. >> ticking, right? right? >> so -- pardon me? >> time is ticking away. >> right, the clock is ticking and they don't get back until december 26th, december 27th. here is my prediction to
is demanding even more than boehner is on taxes. so we ask again, what now? steven moore, steven moore writes for "the wall journal," also on the editorial board. welcome to you. >> hi, brooke. >> the way speaker boehner seemed to put it, if we heard it correctly, it is up to the democrats. the president, the senate democrats, to craft this tax and spending plan, i should say, that can please the house republicans or we're off the cliff. >> well, you know, the...
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boehner told them not to. he told the guys in the house, before he was the speaker of the house, he told his caucus, no, we're not embracing ryan's ideas. >> especially on medicare. >> at that time, social security was on the table. 2011, all these new guys come in, 87 house freshman and become the core ryan supporters. he has these guys into his office and he does these power point briefings with them and convinces them to embrace his ideas. in 2011, the ryan budget passes. so we haven't had an election yet that tests whether these ideas are palatable to the public. >> so it's a risky move for mitt romney is what you're saying? >> so it's risky, bold, daring. >> i think you're right. here's a statement from president george bush. this is a strong pick. governor romney is serious about confronting the long-term challenges facing america, and paul ryan will help him solve the difficult issues that must be addressed for future generations. this vice president, potential vice president, is he someone that will wo
boehner told them not to. he told the guys in the house, before he was the speaker of the house, he told his caucus, no, we're not embracing ryan's ideas. >> especially on medicare. >> at that time, social security was on the table. 2011, all these new guys come in, 87 house freshman and become the core ryan supporters. he has these guys into his office and he does these power point briefings with them and convinces them to embrace his ideas. in 2011, the ryan budget passes. so we...
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john boehner says he is not going to do a renewal of the debt ceiling if there isn't -- if there aren't budget cuts. in any case, if nothing happens, the sequestration takes effect, the bush tax cuts expire, you presumably look at all of this with sheer horror. >> i look at it as a very bad thing. it's not what you would want to do as policy. this is not the time for austerity of any kind. then you have the question, okay, if you are president obama, and particularly if you are re-elected president obama, if that's what happens, what do you do because you are being -- it's a hostage situation. these guys are saying give us what we want, even though we don't have the votes to pass it in congress, even though we don't have the votes to override a veto. give us what we want, or we will blow up the country. do you give into those demands? do you allow yourself to be blackmailed? i guess my vote is no. obama has already allowed himself to be blackmailed in the past. at some point, this has to stop. at some point you have to say, look, we have a constitution that says the way you get things i
john boehner says he is not going to do a renewal of the debt ceiling if there isn't -- if there aren't budget cuts. in any case, if nothing happens, the sequestration takes effect, the bush tax cuts expire, you presumably look at all of this with sheer horror. >> i look at it as a very bad thing. it's not what you would want to do as policy. this is not the time for austerity of any kind. then you have the question, okay, if you are president obama, and particularly if you are re-elected...
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. >>> house speaker john boehner says the country can't afford obama care. joining me for today's strategy session our cnn contributor and democratic strategist donna brazile and senior kriblt tor and editor and chief of redstate.com, erick erickson. thanks for coming in especially on the day after thanksgiving. erick, i want to begin with you. house speaker john boehner wrote this "we can't afford to leave the president's health care law in tact. that's why i've been clear the law has to stay on the table as both parties discuss ways to solve our nation's massive debt challenge." where after this election does the house speaker if you will get the political capital to take this tact? >> well, at first, i have to point out, it's not just the day after thanksgiving, this is during the lsu game that donna and i are here. >> go tigers. >> arkansas. yes, the big game. now as to john boehner, the issue here is many of the states are opting out of state exchanges. there was a quirk when they passed the law nancy pelosi said you have to pass the law to find out wha
. >>> house speaker john boehner says the country can't afford obama care. joining me for today's strategy session our cnn contributor and democratic strategist donna brazile and senior kriblt tor and editor and chief of redstate.com, erick erickson. thanks for coming in especially on the day after thanksgiving. erick, i want to begin with you. house speaker john boehner wrote this "we can't afford to leave the president's health care law in tact. that's why i've been clear the...
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>> look, 2011 was a year when republicans and democrats, you had kanter-biden, boehner-obama, the suitor committee. they all failed. and ryan was on the side of not compromising. he was on the commission and voted against the final recommendation. now it takes romney's ability to accuse obama from not embracing simpson-bowls. so he was on the side of the conservatives who said no to any new revenue and basically waiting till after 2012 to do anything. >> ryan lizza writing about paul ryan. >> his daughter's dame is liza. >> what a coincidence of that. new ♪ every mom needs a little helper. that's why i got a subaru. announcer: love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. mid grade dark roast forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs g of ice anti-freeze wash and dry diesel self-serve fix a flat jumper cables 5% cashback signup for 5% cashback at gas stations through september. it pays to discover. i'veeen fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally u
>> look, 2011 was a year when republicans and democrats, you had kanter-biden, boehner-obama, the suitor committee. they all failed. and ryan was on the side of not compromising. he was on the commission and voted against the final recommendation. now it takes romney's ability to accuse obama from not embracing simpson-bowls. so he was on the side of the conservatives who said no to any new revenue and basically waiting till after 2012 to do anything. >> ryan lizza writing about...
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it started yesterday with speaker boehner initiating this fight by really drawing a line in the sand saying that he won't go for a debt ceiling increase if tax increases are included. he'll go if for deep spending cuts, he'll go for tax reform, but no tax increases. and as you can see, that is very much of a deja vu. teed up just in time for a meeting at the white house between president obama and congressional leaders. here's what jay carney said in the briefing a short while ago about this meeting. >> my sense is the tone was congenial, the discussion was productive. the sandwiches were delicious and that have, while the topic was raised and discussed, it was -- there was no other issue associated with -- or no problem associated with speaker boehner's remarks yesterday. >> reporter: so what we understand from the white house, ashleigh is that the president insisted there would be no replay of that battle last summer, but it's starting to feel a lot like that. >> i was going to say, good luck with that. actually, i do want to ask about that. if i remember correctly, and remembering
it started yesterday with speaker boehner initiating this fight by really drawing a line in the sand saying that he won't go for a debt ceiling increase if tax increases are included. he'll go if for deep spending cuts, he'll go for tax reform, but no tax increases. and as you can see, that is very much of a deja vu. teed up just in time for a meeting at the white house between president obama and congressional leaders. here's what jay carney said in the briefing a short while ago about this...
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boehner and i think he has some interest in doing this. he's got to come up with substantial revenues as a contributor to a debt deal. >> i guess the best thing is that everybody's talking, but in your mind, what is the percentage that there will be a deal by january 1st? i say it's less than 50-50. there have been no discussion for two years. now, we've had an election. the world has changed, but is there the time that's required to have the very difficult discussions about entitlements, domestic discretionary, limits on the pentagon and revenues? it's an awful lot to get done in a short period of time. so if we can get it done, let's get it done. >> i'm hoping for a christmas day surprise, congressman. >> well, a lot of us would welcome that. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >>> this is 31 minutes past the hour. nancy pelosi likely will spend her next term the same way she spent her last one. california democrat made the official announcement moments ago. >> made the decision to submit my name to my colleag
boehner and i think he has some interest in doing this. he's got to come up with substantial revenues as a contributor to a debt deal. >> i guess the best thing is that everybody's talking, but in your mind, what is the percentage that there will be a deal by january 1st? i say it's less than 50-50. there have been no discussion for two years. now, we've had an election. the world has changed, but is there the time that's required to have the very difficult discussions about entitlements,...
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>> reporter: do you have an appreciation for what obama and boehner are looking for? >> oh, absolutely. i sympathize with both of them. it's not fun for these guys, because there's too much at stake. fun for me, because the worst that happens is my client gets less money, not the end of the world. it may seem so. >> reporter: maybe you can't please everyone, but even children know, you have to cooperate. >> maybe work together, build together, maybe connect it? what do you think? >> oh, yeah! >> reporter: a daily lesson on the playground, working together sprouts even better solutions. >> that's a great idea! do you want to see my great idea? >> reporter: do you think these lessons on the playground need to be transferred? >> absolutely. absolutely. we need -- we need to find a way to work together, to figure out what's going to be acceptable to everybody. we've got to figure it out. otherwise i mean, we all lose. >> reporter: there's nothing surprising here, because maybe it's just that simple. so if they can do it -- how old are you guys? >> 5. >> 5. >> reporter: ma
>> reporter: do you have an appreciation for what obama and boehner are looking for? >> oh, absolutely. i sympathize with both of them. it's not fun for these guys, because there's too much at stake. fun for me, because the worst that happens is my client gets less money, not the end of the world. it may seem so. >> reporter: maybe you can't please everyone, but even children know, you have to cooperate. >> maybe work together, build together, maybe connect it? what do...
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that's what we're hearing from speaker boehner now. >> reporter: don't blame us, say the republicans, it's the president. >> he's doing everything within his power to take us over the cliff and he is set on dividing us. >> reporter: adding to the sense that congress is in an alternate universe, instead of negotiating to avert the fiscal cliff, the house will vote on the gop plan b, a bill to keep tax rates in place for households making less than $1 million. senate democrats call it dead on arrival. >> house republicans know that the bill has no future if they don't know it now, tell them what i said. >> reporter: senator majority harry reid said, if they don't know, tell them what i said. >> i talked to senator reid this morning. he was more polite then. i am not convinced at all that when the bill passes in the house today that it will die in the senate. >> democrats say the house speaker is in denial. the truth is, the speaker is well aware of political reality. if the country careens off the fiscal cliff and every american's taxes go up, republicans will take much of the heat. tha
that's what we're hearing from speaker boehner now. >> reporter: don't blame us, say the republicans, it's the president. >> he's doing everything within his power to take us over the cliff and he is set on dividing us. >> reporter: adding to the sense that congress is in an alternate universe, instead of negotiating to avert the fiscal cliff, the house will vote on the gop plan b, a bill to keep tax rates in place for households making less than $1 million. senate democrats...
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understand he had out there at the end point for the failed grand bargain negotiations with speaker boehner. you know how these things work. everyone stakes out their two sides and ultimately, the final decision is somewhere in the middle. >> that's right. big negotiating game. this is a starting point. brianna keilar, great to see you this morning. >> it is seven minutes past the hour. will she or won't she? do you know? >> i wish i did. >> politicos in washington want to know if nancy pelosi will seek another term as house minority leader. the 72-year-old california democrat is expected to announce her decision today. pelosi has scheduled leadership elections for november 29th. that's later than usual. and that's prompted speculation that the former speaker may relinquish her role as a top house democrat. they say she's holding this very close to the vest. >>> and coming up on "starting point," former house speaker and gop presidential hopeful newt gingrich and his wife callista. their take on the presidential election, and will also weigh in on the petraeus scandal. >> and keep it on cnn
understand he had out there at the end point for the failed grand bargain negotiations with speaker boehner. you know how these things work. everyone stakes out their two sides and ultimately, the final decision is somewhere in the middle. >> that's right. big negotiating game. this is a starting point. brianna keilar, great to see you this morning. >> it is seven minutes past the hour. will she or won't she? do you know? >> i wish i did. >> politicos in washington want...